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Spílyay Tymoo October 16, 2013
Letters to the editor
Why Knot
Rodeo thanks
O n B ehalf o f the “W hy
K not” Rodeo 2013 we would
like to Offer our deepest ap
preciation and gratitude to all
the cowboys, cowgirls, spec
tators and vendors for join
ing us here in Simnasho for a
fun filled day at the arena.
We had an excellent turn
out and the weather cooper
ated allowing us to have a
great day at the arena.
We would like to thank the
Public Utilities for the use o f
the bleacher and porta-potties.
We want to thank all the
people who stepped in to help
at the arena on the day o f the
rodeo with:
Working the animals, un
saddling, being horseback,
judging, running games, help
ing at the rodeo office, to the
cowboys w ho rode for the
bucking stock and to those
who worked very hard in pre
paring the grounds for the ro
deo.
We w ant to thank these
individuals w ho shared finan
cially with the committee:
Clarence Meanus and the
Meanus Family from Celilo
for cash donation for the Jun-
ior/S enior Colt Races; Chris
Buller for the cash donation
fo r the Y outh E n d u ran ce
Race; Bridgette Scott for the
cash donation for the H orse
Roping; Beulah Tsumpti for
the cash donation for the Se
nior Colt Race; Evaline Patt
for the cash donation for the
Cow Riding and Ribbon Rop
ing; and Walters Corners and
Jody Calica.
O ur effort was m eant to
allow our people, young and
old, an opportunity to prac
tice and participate in a life
style that is familiar to those
on the committee.
In bringing our litde com
munity alive for the day we
hope that the time and re
sources that were committed
will be viewed as a success
and that we succeeded and ac
complished our goal for an
other year.
Thank You,
2013 “Why K not” C om
m it te e , Ja y a n d F ay
Suppah,
D u s tin a n d
C h a rm a in e , A n so n an d
CR
B e g ay ,
K ev in
B lu eb ack fam ily, A tcitty
a n d C e C e , H o b o P a tt,
M a c k ie B e g a y fa m ily ,
T h e M oody family.
2014 Pageant
T h e 2014 M iss W arm
Springs Pageant is scheduled
fo r D e c e m b e r 13 at th e
Agency Longhouse.
Please plan on joining us
for a spectacular evening o f
traditional activities.
U p d a te d M iss W arm
Springs applications may be
picked up and returned to the
Tribal Council office. I f you
have any questions, please call
M innie Y ahtin or E m ily
Yazzie at 541-553-3257.
Thank you.
FASD
Awareness
T he W arm Springs Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum D isorder
Coalition sponsored an edu
cational event in September.
T h e , event featured nine
developmental areas, dem on
stratin g how fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD)
affects individuals.
The awareness day event,
on September 9, also dem on
strated all the factors that lead
to healthy development.
We want to thank our el
der presenters, Arlita Rhoan,
A u relia S taco n a, A rlen e
Boileau and Sal Sahme, and
their professional co-present
ers, Dr. Rachel Locker, Janet
Bissell RN, D avid Howen-
stine, youth m ental health
c o u n se lo r,
an d
Suzie
K uerschner from the P o rt
land N orthw est Area Indian
Health Board.
They co-presented infor
m ation about healthy devel
opm ent from both a cultural
and “m ainstream ” perspec
tive.
W e also w ant to thank the
P rev en tio n and L e t’s Talk
Diversity Coalitions for co
sponsoring our FASD logo
contest, Government Affairs,
an d P re v e n tio n s ta ff fo r
video-taping the event.
The coalition will be work
ing with the Prevention pro
gram to edit and produce an
educational video with impor
tant health related oral histo
ries for the community.
Thank you to our partner
programs, IHS, the Children’s
H ealth Insurance P rogram
R e a u th o riz a tio n
A ct
(CHIPRA), Diabetes Preven
tion, tribal Social Services,
Prevention and E C E Early
Intervention Programs, who
attended the event to distrib
ute educational information.
Thank you to KWSO, and the
Community Wellness Center
staff for their support.
Please look for fliers for
the logo contest and listen to
KWSO for interviews about
FASD awareness.
I f you are in terested in
learning more about FASD,
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Reporter/ Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson
Editor: Dave McMechan
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or joining the FASD Coali
tion, contact Evelyn o f the
Com m unity H ealth E duca
tion Team, 552-2211.
W arm S p rin g s FASD
Coalition.
The Logo C ontest
T he W arm Springs Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome Disorder
Coalition is in need o f a logo
for our flyers, press releases,
m arketing m aterial and all
other coalition work.
W inner will receive a $100
gift card. All entries will re
ceive a prize. T he c o n te st
clo ses on N o v e m b e r 1.
The coalition is looking for
something that represents the
coalition and the community,
and includes our motto: “Life
is sacred; let your strengths
and traditions become your
child’s future,”
Please keep in m ind the
following words while creat
ing our logo:
Respect, Health, Strength,
Em pow erm ent, H ope, Com
m unity, C ultu re, Sobriety,
Tradition, and Lifestyle.
The logo/m essage should
be positive— no pictures o f
alcohol, or feelings o f blame
or shame— and address the
prevention o f fetal alcohol
syndrome disorder, and speak
to both male and females.
To enter the contest please
send your name, contact in
formation, design and a de
sign explanation to:
evelyn.aguilar@wstribes.org
O r you can drop your de-
Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb is hoping everyone has a great Halloween!
sign o ff at the Com m unity
Health Education Team of
fice at the Family Resource
Indian Business Talk
Center. E m ail or call 541-
553-2211 with any questions
you may have. The contest is
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open to all tribal m em bers
and Warm Springs Commu
nity members.
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Parents can help make learning fu n
B y Bruce E ngle
Loan officer
W.S. Credit Enterprise
P arental involvem ent is
im portant. Prim e parental
time w ith our kids is from
b irth to K ind erg arten and
mornings, evenings, weekends
and vacations thereafter. It
goes o n u n til g rad u atio n ,
when we can kick them o u t -
assuming we and they have
done our jobs well.
T h e p ro c e s s is easiest
when a partnership is form ed
between parents, the schools,
and the community at large.
I tell a story about me and
m y g reat, g re a t g ran d m a,
Katherine Dixon White Cole.
She passed six years before I
show ed up. I w ish I had
known her.
She was born in the late
1840s or early 1850s as near
as we can tell from old tribal
census records. H er English
was with a heavy Irish brogue.
She le a rn e d it fro m Mr.
White, a redheaded Irishmen.
She lived into her 90s and
she told her children, grand
children and great grandchil
d ren th a t they m u st learn
English and they m ust learn
to do well in a new world. She
stressed doing well in school.
She was a stern taskmas
ter; m aybe even a m a tc h
maker. I sometimes think she
told her daughter to marry a
p ro fe s s io n a l m an . . So,
grandm a Belle m arried Mr.
Miller, the son o f the doctor
at F o rt Klamath. H e was a
Civil War Vet w ho farm ed
and ranched oh the w est side
o f Miller Lake just north o f
the border.
I g o t th ë “ D o w ell in
School” lecture when I wasn’t
doing well enough to m eet
expectations. Grandm a Kate
had set the standard o f per
fo rm a n c e fo r th e family.
T hat’s w hat elders did; some
still do.
G ood for them.
D oing well in school, and
after, is often a family tradi
tion. Family traditions can
becom e com m unity trad i
tio n s w h e n th e m a jo rity
makes it so. I tend to think
o f nations, states, territories,
and reservations as commu
nities.
I have some suggestions
about helping children with
school. I’m talking as some
one who taught K—12 in O r
egon schools in the 1970s and
‘80s.
Learning can be fun. Read
ing and math are learnable—
and can be made fun. I be
lieve this. I try to make it so
for my classes.
G e ttin g c h ild re n w ell
started isn’t that difficult. In
fact, it’s easy, All it takes is a
little time; lots o f times.
Read to them every day.
In th e crib isn’t to o soon.
Show them the pictures. Talk
about the pictures. Tell sto
ries. G et them talking about
the pictures and the stories.
It works.
D o lly P a rto n sta rte d a
foundation first in her hom e
town and later in many towns
across th e country. E very
child in the area is given a free
bo o k at birth. By the time
they go to school, they have
been given fifty books and
their paréhts have had a won-
Rewards fo r doing
well are fun. Praise
is a reward. So are
ice cream and
cookies.
derful chance to help them
get o ff to a great start at be
ing lifelong learners.
Fun sells. W hen the read
ing sessions are fun, children
com e back fo r m o re and
more fun. Learning becomes
a byproduct o f having fun.
W hat a deal.
P a re n ts can lay stro n g
foundations for both reading
and math before their children
go to Kindergarten and first
grade by making the building
o f th o se fo undations fun.
Rewards for doing well are
fun. Praise is a reward. So are
ice cream and cookies.
E ven m ath can be made
fun. For example, my genera
tion wasn’t customarily taught
to square numbers that end
in five in our heads. I wish I
had know n how w hen my
parents took me into Holly
wood to see the A rt Linkletter
show.
He asked the audience what
2.5 times 2.5 was. I raised my
hand. H e called on me and I
drew a blank. I blew it
I knew how to multiply
fractions on paper but I froze
up. I ’d have been a w inner
had I known the trick o f tak
ing the next usual num ber
after two, th at w ould have
been a (3), and multiplying it
times the two and tacking 25
o n th e end fo r 625. All I
would have had to do then
was stick the decimal point
between the 6 and the 25 for
an answer o f 6.25.
Knowing the correct an
swer or how to calculate it
would have made the show a
lot more fun for me and my
dad. I still rem ember his ex
pression when I flubbed i t He
knew the answer.
I ’m going to end this with
a little challenge for you. It
will be fun. I guarantee it.
Try squaring 15 and then
25 (you already know that
one), 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85,
and 95. D o it on paper or in
your head.
The rule is that the fives
at the end always become 25
and the first num ber in the
question gets multiplied by
w hat normally would be the
next num ber as if you were
just counting.
I f you w ant to test your
self further, square 125. Hint,
the 5s becom e 25 just like
before. The difference is you
take the first two numbers,
(the 1 and the 2) and multi
ply twelve by 13 (the next
n u m b e r a fte r 12) fo r the
numbers that will be before
25 in your answer. O n paper
12 x 13 = 156. You m ight
even imagine it as 10 times
13 = 130 plus two times 13
(26). So, 130 + 26 equals 156.
Then, just tack on the 25 and
your answer is 15,625.
See, even math can be fun.
And, if you bring cookies and
ice cream to the office, we
can all have fun.
. N ext time— I will be writ
ing about matching savings
plans for schooling after High
School graduation. There are
some great ones out there.